Chapter 14: Family Event
Moana

“I’ll pay.”

Ella and I were both shocked when we turned around to see Edrick standing there, credit card in hand, his face covered by sunglasses and a surgical mask.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed.

Edrick handed the ice cream salesman his credit card and ruffled Ella’s hair. “Eat your ice cream before it melts,” he said, guiding us away from the stand and the people behind us who were getting quickly annoyed at us for holding up the line to get ice cream.

“I thought you had to work,” Ella said.

“I decided to come home early so I could spend your birthday with you after all,” Edrick replied. “But you weren’t home. Selina told me that you went on an outing…” I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, but the way his head slowly turned toward me told me everything I needed to know.

approached a bench and Edrick instructed Ella to sit while she finished her ice cream, then he stood next to me and

take her out if you had no money?” he asked, his

haven’t had to take out money in a while. And besides, the driver is

been listening the entire time, suddenly jumped up from

afraid that her father would make her go

not safe for us to

it’s my birthday,” she whined. “You never want to go anywhere, and I’m having fun here

quietly. “Let her enjoy her birthday. And please… Join

to wipe the ice

both of our hands, began to drag us around the theme park with just as much — if not more — fervor as she had when it was just the two of us. As we spent the afternoon walking around the theme park, I couldn’t help but take out my phone to secretly snap some sweet pictures of Ella and Edrick together. It was so

I began to feel tired. Ella, however, still had just as much energy, and insisted on one more ride before we went home. I suggested the ferris wheel because it was slow and relaxing, and both of them

to go up, now that we were safe from prying eyes, Edrick took off his

needed a fun outing just

breeze, and the way that the string

see Ella giggling and peering out over the crowd.

was looking at

away quickly, as though he had only glanced at me on accident. Soon, the ferris wheel began

came to a stop at the bottom, the attendant let us out. Edrick put his mask back on then got out with Ella in one of his arms. Then, he turned around and held out his other hand for me to

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